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named Straight No Chaser, and a young boy named Justin Bieber. It is also present that the digital media is killing the music industry. Some believe that iTunes it to blame for fueling the “digital revolution” (Golijan). As shown by a graph from NBC News, in 2004, 98.4% of U.S. Music Industry Revenues were physical and only 1.5% were digital downloads. In 2012, U.S. Music Industry Revenues were much different. Digital downloads were soaring with 40.4% while physical copies dropped to 39.9%.…

In the mid-1980’s, before technology became ingrained into everyday life, it was quite the ordeal if one was driving down the road and had to stop to make a phone call. An individual would have to find a pay phone to use. If he did not know the phone number, he would have to go into a business to borrow a phone book. If there was an emergency, finding a pay phone could take precious time. However, today we have the capability to make an emergency phone call in a matter of seconds with cell…

Kirk. "Boulder Involeved in JonBenet Case Often Clashed ." Denver Post 25 oct 2013, n. pag. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. "Grand jury prepared child abuse indictment against JonBenet Ramse'ys parents, newly released documents show." NBC News 25 oct 2013, n. pag. Web. 2 Mar.…

think people would have only nice things to say about victims who wrongly had their lives taken away too soon. But the news shows us that is not the case. They point out the flaws of that black victim. The headline of NBC News read “Trayvon Martin was suspended three times from school” (NBC, 2012). Another upsetting headline that AL.com publishes was “Montgomery’s latest homicide victim had history of narcotics abuse, tangles with the law”. (Edgemon,…

The 2016-2017 presidential election is known as one of the most iconic elections in modern history. In the beginning of the election there were 17 candidates in the republican party and 8 in the Democratic party, and all candidates but two dropped out. The last candidates remaining were Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, and the election named after them was called “Crooked vs. Crazy”. This election, to most Americans, did not have the most honorable candidates to vote for, but it was a matter of…

Why are storms so dangerous and damaging? There are many storms out there that are bad, like hurricanes, thunder storms and tornadoes. They all can be damage, hurricanes can flood a town in seconds. A thunderstorm can ruin electricity with the lighting, and tornadoes and destroy your home in seconds. Tornadoes can be the worst in many ways, with there strong winds, how big they are and how they can pop up so fast. The reason or part of the reason they can be so dangerous is because of the shape.…

In this reading, the methodology is a short explanation composed of just two paragraphs. In this research, the authors planned to view the advertisements on 31 programs running on various networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC and more. The authors decided to choose these numerous amounts of shows over a broad spectrum of different networks to capture the vast differences of samples of advertisements on these channels. These authors desired to examine the different types of advertisements and the…

Fact Check 101 How often do you stay up to date with the presidential elections? Where do you usually get the information about the candidates? The media is a huge part of presidential elections. There are many positives and negatives to having the media around the people of the United States. Is it right to be biased on television or any other media outlets that might influence the audience’s voting choice? I definitely think it is wrong. I believe people should not listen to…

Children Should Stay With Their Homeless Families Do you know how many U.S. children are in foster care, and not with their parents? Nearly 428,000 children in the U.S get put in foster care every day (Children's Rights). One online reporter for NBC news stated, “Tthere are roughly 2.5 million children who were homeless at some point last year” (White, Martha). Many homeless children have been taken away from their parents simply because they are homeless, not because they are neglected or…

On September 11, 2001, 2,996 U.S. Citizens died within hours due to an attack by the al-Qaeda. This was the second attack on US soil, and had the highest death toll. 19 armed members of al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and planned suicide attacks on locations in America. Two planes crashed into the twin towers in New York City. A third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the fourth and final plane crashed in a remote field in Pennsylvania. There was one man behind this massive attack…